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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 cover art

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

SANDLOT · D3PUBLISHER · 2019-07-11

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 07, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jul 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 08, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

290
playing now
94%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

290 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 290 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 299 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,058 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 288k–691k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,514 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$22.13-63%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.39 at GameBillet (2024-09-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 69 of 95 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98598520192026Week of 2019-07-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5481222026-08-06 21:00 — 122 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 166 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 388 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 181 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 280 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 397 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 166 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 342 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 392 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 161 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 212 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 402 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 161 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 287 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 460 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 165 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 282 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 548 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 227 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 197 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 298 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 184 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 279 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 303 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 176 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 200 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 181 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 285 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 290 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$10.382019-07-112026-08-242019-07-11 — best price $47.992019-12-03 — best price $59.992020-03-02 — best price $59.992020-09-10 — best price $59.992021-02-11 — best price $29.992021-06-24 — best price $26.992021-09-29 — best price $26.992022-01-27 — best price $26.992022-06-24 — best price $23.992022-11-04 — best price $59.992023-01-20 — best price $20.992023-05-23 — best price $59.992023-09-18 — best price $20.992024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-04-02 — best price $59.992024-06-28 — best price $59.992024-09-20 — best price $59.992024-10-22 — best price $41.942024-12-19 — best price $17.992025-02-04 — best price $16.992025-03-20 — best price $59.992025-04-30 — best price $12.552025-06-27 — best price $59.992025-08-12 — best price $45.442025-09-30 — best price $13.592025-10-28 — best price $41.942025-11-24 — best price $13.272025-12-08 — best price $59.992026-01-13 — best price $53.882026-02-26 — best price $41.942026-04-24 — best price $59.992026-05-15 — best price $49.772026-07-09 — best price $41.942026-08-24 — best price $22.13
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3402026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 20 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
51.6%
earned "Rescue"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller support20 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,7962%39
PS4 (PlayStation)3,83310%40

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

AnimeCo-opFunnyMechsActionAliensSci-fiShooterClass-BasedLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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